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Lord of the Rings is more or less the foundation of modern D&D. The latter rose from the former, although the two are now so estranged that to reunite them would be an act of savage madness. Imagine a gaggle of modern hack-n-slash roleplayers who had somehow never been exposed to the original Tolkien mythos, and then imagine taking those players and trying to introduce them to Tolkien via a D&D campaign.

[…] Thanks to BoingBoing for bringing this to my attention. These guys have created a comic strip based on Lord of the Rings, as if played by a bunch of ignoram…. Very, very funny. Lord of the Rings is more or less the foundation of modern D&D. The latter […]

[…] not checking up with Kotaku or checking out Your Mom's foot fetish site I managed to bump into DM of the Rings: a comic re-interpretation of The Lord of the Rings films by Shamus Young (now on The Escapist). […]

[…] shamusyoung Commenters who threaten anyone while here because they are not smart enough to come up with a better answer will have some due diligence done on them. Foul mouthed lefty posters beware. […]

[…] play them, what he has to say is worth reading. Young obtained internet fame with his now-completed “DM of the Rings” series, a free web comic that dares to imagine how Tolkien’s famous Lord of the Rings saga […]

[…] of this is Shamus Young's take on Lord Of The Rings versus “Standard Gaming Group", DM of the Rings. Following the story to the letter the group has no fun. Sure Shamus intentionally creates friction […]

[…] directly… except for when I indulge in one of my newest weird habits: reading webcomics like this one or this one while having lunch or dinner. At such a time, moving instantly from comic to comic is a […]

Hey Shamus, I don’t know if you’d do this or not, but I figured it would be worth a shot… I just finished reading this comic and I found it hilarious. I was wondering if you had a downloadable packet of all the comics? I know you said you couldn’t publish them because of copyright issues, but I’d just like to be able to show a few people who are internet-lacking.

[…] bring back Doohickey of Doom, return Raistlin’s book to the Libraries of Gehenna) or from complete lack of player interest about your background. You therefore have very limited resources (time, attention spans and […]

[…] When all this work is done, a GM tends to want to share all this (it’s only natural, when you pour a lot of effort in something,seeking validation is normal). Thing is, the tendency of many GMs is to present this in the form of non-interactive presentations… (which often leads to this type of reaction from players) […]

[…] descriptions is not always an easy task depending on your natural style (and some DM just drone on and on). But from my own experience, short, enthusiastic burst of descriptions, especially during […]

[…] to introduce them to Tolkien via a D&D campaign. If you liked it, the rest are here: DM of the Rings I:The Copious Backstory – Twenty Sided There is also one for Star Wars and __________________ Maturity is knowing you were an idiot […]

[…] good about the movies. I think that without a doubt, the best thing that came out of them was the DM of the Rings comic. If you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend it. Seriously, Shamus Young is one of […]

[…] Okay, so I found this really cool website with a little spoof called “DM of the Rings”. It’s hysterical. It takes LotR, and makes it out like people playing a role playing game. Super funny. You gotta check it out. Follow my pretty link! […]

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[…] Thanks to BoingBoing for bringing this to my attention. These guys have created a comic strip based on Lord of the Rings, as if played by a bunch of ignoram…. Very, very funny. Lord of the Rings is more or less the foundation of modern D&D. The latter […]

[…] not checking up with Kotaku or checking out Your Mom's foot fetish site I managed to bump into DM of the Rings: a comic re-interpretation of The Lord of the Rings films by Shamus Young (now on The Escapist). […]

[…] shamusyoung Commenters who threaten anyone while here because they are not smart enough to come up with a better answer will have some due diligence done on them. Foul mouthed lefty posters beware. […]

[…] play them, what he has to say is worth reading. Young obtained internet fame with his now-completed “DM of the Rings” series, a free web comic that dares to imagine how Tolkien’s famous Lord of the Rings saga […]

[…] of this is Shamus Young's take on Lord Of The Rings versus “Standard Gaming Group", DM of the Rings. Following the story to the letter the group has no fun. Sure Shamus intentionally creates friction […]

[…] directly… except for when I indulge in one of my newest weird habits: reading webcomics like this one or this one while having lunch or dinner. At such a time, moving instantly from comic to comic is a […]

[…] bring back Doohickey of Doom, return Raistlin’s book to the Libraries of Gehenna) or from complete lack of player interest about your background. You therefore have very limited resources (time, attention spans and […]

[…] When all this work is done, a GM tends to want to share all this (it’s only natural, when you pour a lot of effort in something,seeking validation is normal). Thing is, the tendency of many GMs is to present this in the form of non-interactive presentations… (which often leads to this type of reaction from players) […]

[…] descriptions is not always an easy task depending on your natural style (and some DM just drone on and on). But from my own experience, short, enthusiastic burst of descriptions, especially during […]

[…] to introduce them to Tolkien via a D&D campaign. If you liked it, the rest are here: DM of the Rings I:The Copious Backstory – Twenty Sided There is also one for Star Wars and __________________ Maturity is knowing you were an idiot […]

[…] good about the movies. I think that without a doubt, the best thing that came out of them was the DM of the Rings comic. If you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend it. Seriously, Shamus Young is one of […]

[…] Okay, so I found this really cool website with a little spoof called “DM of the Rings”. It’s hysterical. It takes LotR, and makes it out like people playing a role playing game. Super funny. You gotta check it out. Follow my pretty link! […]